Sunday, February 26, 2012

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Russia's Putin Warns Against Attacks On Iran Would Be "Truly Catastrophic"Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Reuters(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 26, 2012: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia is concerned about the "growing threat" of an attack on Iran over its nuclear program, warning that the consequences would be "truly catastrophic."

In an article on foreign policy for publication on Monday, six days before a March 4 presidential election he is almost certain to win, Putin also warned Western and Arab nations against military intervention in Syria."I very much hope the United States and other countries ... do not try to set a military scenario in motion in Syria without sanction from the U.N. Security Council," Putin said, according to a transcript.On Iran, he said that "the growing threat of a military strike on this country alarms Russia, no doubt. If this occurs, the consequences will be truly catastrophic. It is impossible to imagine their real scale."(Writing by Steve Gutterman Editing by Maria Golovnina)Iran Related News;

DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korean Leader Issues Threat To Retaliate Ahead Of South Korea-U.S. Drills*NKorea's Kim issues threat before SKorea-US drills - By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press*Analysis: South Korean top military brass are immune to the habitual threats of retaliatory attacks from North Korean leader against joint military drills between South Korean and U.S. troops are to kick off annual computer-simulated war games Monday. The media communiques are created for the international agencies, foremost to announce the new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being supported and accepted by the old guards and secondly to international donors attention to fulfill it's obligations to cover North Korea shortfall on several factors including commodities and daily staple requirements. - DTN News ~ Defense-Technology NewsSource: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources AP(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 26, 2012: North Korea says its new leader, Kim Jong Un, has ordered troops to launch a powerful retaliatory strike against South Korea if provoked.

The official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday that Kim issued the order during a visit to front-line military units, including one that shelled South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island in 2010, killing four people.South Korean and U.S. troops are to kick off annual computer-simulated war games Monday. North Korea has threatened a “sacred war” over the drills.A senior U.S. envoy said Saturday that ties between the two Koreas need to improve before North Korea and the United States can achieve real progress in their relationship.Glyn Davies made the comments in Seoul after nuclear talks in Beijing with North Korean officials.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Sporting Bullet Factory in this undated picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang February 23, 2012. (KCNA/Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - North Koreathreatened on Saturday to wage a "sacred ...

SEOUL, Feb 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's per-capita gross domestic product probably expanded more than 4 percent in 2011 from a year earlier on an improved grain harvest and intensified state efforts, a report said Sunday.

SEOUL - North Korea says its new leader, Kim Jong Un, has ordered troops to launch a powerful retaliatory strike against South Korea if provoked. The official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday that Kim issued the order during a visit to ...

(Adds comment from US diplomat) SEOUL Feb 22 (Reuters) - Isolationist North Korea lashed out at its neighbour on Wednesday for hosting an international nuclear security summit in Seoul next month, calling it a "childish farce" and an "intolerable grave ...

26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's per-capita gross domestic product probably expanded more than 4 percent in 2011 from a year earlier on an improved grain harvest and intensified state efforts, a report said Sunday.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Saturday that "nuclear weapons are not the monopoly of the United States," a day after a US special envoy reported after two days of talks with North Korean officials that there had been no change in their ...

23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports on talks taking place between the US and North Korea in Beijing. The US is "cautiously optimistic" about negotiations with North Korea, the first such meeting since Kim Jong Il died in December and his ...

Although Beijing has been known for many years for this treatment on NorthKorean defectors, more people have been raising awareness about the precarious conditions that defectors face while in China and in North Koreaonce sent back.

SEOUL -- Ties between the rival Koreas should improve before North Koreaand the United States can achieve real progress in their relationship, a US envoy said Saturday after holding nuclear talks with North Korean officials in Beijing.

North Korea's state-owned airline Air Koryo will open two new routes, media reports say. A twice-weekly charter route between Pyongyang and Harbin in China's Heilongjiang province will open a third Chinese city to passengers.

Ties between the rival Koreas should improve before North Korea and the United States can achieve real progress in their relationship, a US envoy said Saturday after holding nuclear talks with North Korean officials in Beijing.

Inside North Korea Daily life of North Koreans. Photos by Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder. North Korea celebrates North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-il would have been 70 years old Thursday. His country celebrated .

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Saturday that “nuclear weapons are not the monopoly of the United States,” a day after a US special envoy reported after two days of talks with North Korean officials that there had been no change in their ...

By Ken Camp, Managing Editor DALLAS—A Korean Texas Baptist with a 17-year track record of relief ministry in North Korea made two trips there in recent months to deliver 50 tons of flour and 1100 pairs of warm socks and other supplies for orphans.

SEOUL -- North Korea on Saturday threatened a “sacred war” over US-South Korean joint military drills next week as a US envoy urged Pyongyang's new leadership to engage in dialogue with the outside world.

North Korea and the US ended a third round of high-level talks in Beijing Friday. The first of their kind since Kim Jong Un took power after the death of his father Kim Jong Il, the meeting ended more smoothly than expected, according to experts.

SEOUL, South Korea — The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the military to launch a “powerful retaliatory strike” if provoked by the South, the North's state-run media reported on Sunday. Mr. Kim's statement, issued during a visit to military ...

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to launch a powerful retaliatory strike against South Korea if provoked, state media said Sunday, a day before the start of annual South Korean-US military drills that Pyongyang calls an ...

By EVAN RAMSTAD in Seoul and BRIAN SPEGELE in Beijing SEOUL—North Korea's authoritarian government, in its first direct contact with the US since the death of dictator Kim Jong Il and succession of his son Kim Jong Eun, made no substantive moves that ...

By Kim Young-jin North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered troops to “make a powerful retaliatory strike” if South Korea breaches its borders, Pyongyang's state media said Sunday, as Washington and Seoul prepared to hold joint military drills.

By Kim Young-jin North Korea accused South Korea of abducting its people and using the issue of defectors to further isolate the Stalinist regime Saturday amid intense international scrutiny over its reportedly brutal punishment of those caught fleeing ...

HYUNG-JIN KIM, AP US special representative on North Korea policy Glyn Davies, left, shakes hands with South Korea's nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.

NORTH Korea's new leader has ordered "a powerful retaliatory strike" by the army unit that shelled a Southern island in 2010 if US-South Korean drills violate Pyongyang's territory, state media has reported. The comments came a day before the start of ...

By Jun Yang Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told his military to launch a “powerful retaliatory strike” against any trespass into his nation's territory, as South Korea and the US prepare to start military drills tomorrow.

SEOUL - North Korea says its new leader, Kim Jong Un, has ordered troops to launch a powerful retaliatory strike against South Korea if provoked. The official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday that Kim issued the order during a visit to...

By Andrei Lankov The recent promotion of Kim Jong-un, now the “Supreme Leader” of North Korea, has once again confirmed what has been known since the 1970s: North Korea is an absolute monarchy in all but name. Predictably, this has stimulated much ...

It is premature to expect Pyongyang to return to the six-nation denuclearization talks any time soon. There was no breakthrough during a meeting between the United States and North Korea in Beijing last week. Glyn Davies, the US special representative ...

Glyn Davies, US coordinator for policy on North Korea, arrives at the Haneda airport in Tokyo on Sunday. / AFP/Getty Images SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to launch a powerful retaliatory strike against South Korea ...

In this Sunday Oct. 9, 2011 photo, North Korean customers line up to pay for their purchases at Pyongyang Department Store No. 1 in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea. A new culture of commerce is springing up, with China as its inspiration and source.

US Special Representative for North Korean Affairs Glyn Davies, left, answers reporters' questions as South Korean nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam listens to him during a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Feb.

SEOUL - North Korea on Saturday threatened a "sacred war" over US-South Korean joint military drills next week as a US envoy urged Pyongyang's new leadership to engage in dialogue with the outside world. The North's National Defence Commission (NDC) ...

North Korea has threatened to launch a “sacred war” if South Korea and the United States go ahead with annual military exercises set to begin Monday. In a statement Saturday, the North's National Defense Commission said the maneuvers are,...

US envoy calls for better Korea ties Updated: 06:26, Sunday February 26, 2012 Ties between the rival Koreas should improve before North Korea and the United States can achieve real progress in their relationship, a US envoy said on Saturday after ...

Both the US and North Korea will need to exercise unlimited amounts of patience as they try and prise open the door for constructive dialogue. Obama is facing an election year and Kim Jong-un is trying to negotiate his way through a transitory phase.

Seoul: North Korea threatened on Saturday to wage a "sacred war" in response to joint military exercises planned by its arch-rival South Korea and the United States, saying it was determined to keep Washington from imposing its political will on it.

Talks between the United States and North Korea on Pyongyang's nuclear program have ended in Beijing without any agreement. The United States must, in cooperation with Japan and South Korea, continue to tenaciously press North Korea to halt its nuclear ...

By Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) visits the Korean People's Army Unit 842 in an undisclosed location in this undated picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang February 22, 2012. KCNA did not state precisely when the ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Saturday that “nuclear weapons are not the monopoly of the United States,” a day after an American special envoy reported after two days of talks with North Korean officials that there was little change in their ...

A US envoy who just finished nuclear talks with North Korean officials says ties between the rival Koreas must improve before Pyongyang and Washington can have a "fundamental improvement" in their relationship. The comments Saturday by Glyn Davies in ...

We don't think anything has changed in Korea, since the December accession of Kim Jong-il's third son (after his father's return to the dynasty's home planet). But we can't know even such simple and necessary things as, does Kim Jong-un have real power ...

US Special Representative for N.Korea Policy Glyn Davies shakes hands with S.Korea's nuclear envoy Lim Sung-Nam during their meeting in Seoul February 25, 2012.(Photo: Reuters) North Korea on Saturday threatened a "sacred war" over US-South Korean ...

February 25, 2012 North Korea Vows 'Sacred War' in Response to US-South Korea Joint Drills Steve Herman | Seoul Just a day after concluding talks in Beijing with an American envoy, North Korea is airing bellicose rhetoric about upcoming US-South Korean ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Ties between the rival Koreas should improve before North Korea and the United States can achieve real progress in their relationship, a US envoy said Saturday after holding nuclear talks with North Korean officials in Beijing.

North Korea has threatened to stage a 'sacred war' over US-South Korean annual joint military exercises next week, denouncing the drill as a 'silent declaration of war'. The North's National Defence Commission (NDC) described the exercise as ...